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PHP Code:


		
			
require_once('./global.php');

require_once('./includes/class_dm.php');

require_once('./includes/class_dm_threadpost.php');



$postdm = new vB_DataManager_Post($vbulletin, ERRTYPE_STANDARD);



$postthreadid = '4473';

$postusername = 'admin';

// Use $postusername if posting as a guest, use $postuserid if posting as a user

//$postuserid = '1';

$postpagetext = 'Hi mom!';



$threadinfo = fetch_threadinfo($postthreadid);

$foruminfo = fetch_foruminfo($threadinfo['forumid']);



$postdm->set_info('forum', $foruminfo);

$postdm->set_info('thread', $threadinfo);  

$postdm->set('threadid', $postthreadid);

$postdm->set('username', $postusername);

// Use $postusername if posting as a guest, use $postuserid if posting as a user

//$postdm->set('userid', $postuserid);

$postdm->set('pagetext', $postpagetext);

$postdm->set('allowsmilie', 1);

$postdm->set('visible', 1);

$postdm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);

$postdm->save();

unset($postdm);

Hello,

I am a pretty crafty fellow and can figure out most things but I am a tad confused here. As a tutorial, I would expect this to tell me what it does and how to implement it.

(I am guessing it creates a thread that reads"Hi mom!")

All I see is some code but what I would do with this code and what it would do for me I am at a loss for. Is there any chance you could expand on this for us not so knowledgeable individuals. lol

I thought the title pretty much gave it away > [How To] Create Posts

That is the code to create a post in an existing thread.

Wouldn't it be easier to just use the "Create Thread" button and call it Hi Mom?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daniel

Wouldn't it be easier to just use the "Create Thread" button and call it Hi Mom?

Yes, but that's not as fun as doing it with the Data Manager. ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by iguanairs

As stated, this is code you would use in a hack to reply to a certain thread. What else do you want to know?

I tried this out but it doesn't seem to update the view and reply counters when it creates the new post or did I miss something?

I have a quick question about using this method to put in a post...

Does it take into account user preferances (i.e., emoticons, smilies, etc.) and forum security settings (vBcode, raw HTML, etc.)?

The modification I'm writing needs to add posts to a specific forum, but I have consern about the potential of this bypassing security and causing mischief.

I have a question: if I create a post in this way, does vb send the "update notification emails" to the subscribed users?
If not, how can I trigger this?

Thanks!

how can this be used to edit a post already posted?

You need to add the following code, after the post has been created, to update forum counters and last post index etc.

PHP Code:


		
			
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_databuild.php');

build_forum_counters($threadinfo['forumid']);

Quote:

Originally Posted by laddil

It doesn't check permissions.

This doesn't work with 3.5.x for me...

It's saying "the user is already logged in, if you have lost your pw click here" or something to that effect. Any ideas?

3.5.x

PHP Code:


		
			
$rforuminfo = fetch_foruminfo($Feed['forumid']);
$newpost = array(
    'emailupdate' => 9999,
    'userid' => 'Userid',
    'username' => 'Username',
    'title' => 'Title',
  'message' =>  'Message',
  'thread' => 'threadid'
);
$threadinfo['threadid'] = 'threadid';
build_new_post('Post', $rforuminfo, $threadinfo, array(), $newpost, $errors);

Quote:

Originally Posted by nj_vb

This doesn't work with 3.5.x for me...

It's saying "the user is already logged in, if you have lost your pw click here" or something to that effect. Any ideas?

I remember that happening to me as well. iirc, you populated BOTH the username and userid. Only fill in one.

i've created a hook :

PHP Code:


		
			
if ($forumid==7)
{$newpost = array(
    'emailupdate' => 9999,
    'userid' => '120',
    'username' => 'Informationsminister',
    'title' => 'Info',
  'message' =>  '[SHOWTOGROUPS="10"]folge dem wei?n wolf
:P oder w?hle folgende nummer[/SHOWTOGROUPS]',
  'thread' => '$threadid'
);
$threadinfo['threadid'] = 'threadid';
build_new_post('Post', '7', $threadinfo, array(), $newpost, $errors);}

the start is newpost_complete
i want to make a automatic answer on every thread that someone creates in forum=7 but it doesn do that

Is there a way like this to create forums?

What if you put it in the function_new reply and you want it to be a auto second post, what would you put for the threadid?
b/c
$threadinfo['threadid'] = 'threadid'; doesn't seem to work.

I want it in the same thread.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atakan KOC

3.5.x

PHP Code:


		
			
$rforuminfo = fetch_foruminfo($Feed['forumid']);

$newpost = array(

    'emailupdate' => 9999,

    'userid' => 'Userid',

    'username' => 'Username',

    'title' => 'Title',

  'message' =>  'Message',

  'thread' => 'threadid'

);

$threadinfo['threadid'] = 'threadid';

build_new_post('Post', $rforuminfo, $threadinfo, array(), $newpost, $errors);

This works, but all messages created end up in a moderation queue even though the forum is not set to moderate posts/threads. I tried adding 'visible'=>'1' but it doesn't make a difference. Any clues? I suppose it's because I'm running this from an outside script, that isn't really logged into VB. I made a modification to functions_newpost.php

PHP Code:


		
			
Replaced:

    // see if post has to be moderated or if poster in a mod

    if ( 

        ((

With:

    // see if post has to be moderated or if poster in a mod

    if ( ($post['visible'] == 0) AND

        ((

It does the job, but I'd like to understand why it's not working properly..

I also added build_forum_counters($forumid); after posting, otherwise the lastthread info doesn't get updated in the forum list.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derschizo

You should be using

$threadinfo['threadid'] = 3310; (ie: 3310 is the thread id)

i'm with 3.6.3 now.
How do I update existing post ?

thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by ks_work (Post 1122972)

i'm with 3.6.3 now.
How do I update existing post ?

thanks

this is how we do it on 3.6.1 . i think the same is valid for 3.6.3 as well

Code:

$vbulletin->db->query_write("UPDATE post SET pagetext = '$message' WHERE postid=$postid");

$vbulletin->db->query_write("DELETE FROM postparsed WHERE postid=$postid");

thanks a lot !
I'll try it.
Meanwhile this code did the job for me (i apologize for it's messiness):

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php



// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);



// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################

//define('GET_EDIT_TEMPLATES', true);



    define('SKIP_SESSIONCREATE', 1);

    define('DIE_QUIETLY', 1);    

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'editpost');



// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################

require_once('./global.php');

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_newpost.php');

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_bigthree.php');

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_editor.php');

require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_log_error.php');



// #######################################################################

// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################

// #######################################################################



// ### STANDARD INITIALIZATIONS ###

$checked = array();

$edit = array();

$postattach = array();







############################ start  input from tt_news



$k_postid=$_REQUEST["k_postid"];

$k_threadid=$_REQUEST['k_threadid'];

$k_title=$_REQUEST['k_title'];

$k_pagetext=$_REQUEST['k_pagetext'];

$k_hidden_visible=$_REQUEST['k_hidden_visible'];



############################  end input from tt_news







$threadinfo['forumid']=55;

$threadinfo['threadid']=$k_threadid;

$threadinfo['firstpostid']= $k_postid;



$foruminfo = fetch_foruminfo($threadinfo['forumid'], false);

//print"<P>forum: <pre>".print_r($foruminfo,1);print"<P>thread :<pre>".print_r($threadinfo,1);

    $postinfo['postid'] = $k_postid;

    $postinfo['threadid'] =$threadinfo['threadid'];

    $postinfo['parentid'] = $k_postid;

    $postinfo['username'] = 'administrator';

    $postinfo['userid'] = 1;

    $postinfo['title'] = $k_title;

    $postinfo['dateline'] = '';

    $postinfo['pagetext'] =$k_pagetext;

    $postinfo['allowsmilie'] = 1;

    $postinfo['showsignature'] = 0;

    $postinfo['ipaddress'] = '206.223.168.166';

    $postinfo['iconid'] = 0;



        if( isset($_REQUEST["k_hidden_visible"]))//

        {

                if($_REQUEST["k_hidden_visible"]==0)// hidden

                {

                $visible_val=0;

                }

                else //

                {

                $visible_val=1;

                }        

        }

        else //

        {

            $visible_val=0;

        

        }



    $postinfo['visible'] = $visible_val;

    $postinfo['attach'] = 0;

    $postinfo['infraction'] = 0;

    $postinfo['reportthreadid'] = 0;

    $postinfo['isdeleted'] = 0;

    $postinfo['edit_userid'] = '';

    $postinfo['edit_dateline'] = '';

    $postinfo['edit_reason'] ='' ;





    $threadinfo['visible']=$visible_val;

///print"<P>post <pre>".print_r($postinfo,1);

$aaa=1;



// need to get last post-type information

cache_ordered_forums(1);



// ############################### start update post ###############################

if ($aaa ==1)

{

    // Variables reused in templates

    $posthash = $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'posthash', TYPE_NOHTML);

    $poststarttime = $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'poststarttime', TYPE_UINT);



    $vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array(

        'stickunstick'   => TYPE_BOOL,

        'openclose'      => TYPE_BOOL,

        'wysiwyg'        => TYPE_BOOL,

        'message'        => TYPE_STR,

        'title'          => TYPE_STR,

        'iconid'         => TYPE_UINT,

        'parseurl'       => TYPE_BOOL,

        'signature'         => TYPE_BOOL,

        'disablesmilies' => TYPE_BOOL,

        'reason'         => TYPE_NOHTML,

        'preview'        => TYPE_STR,

        'folderid'       => TYPE_UINT,

        'emailupdate'    => TYPE_UINT,

        'ajax'           => TYPE_BOOL,

        'advanced'       => TYPE_BOOL,

        'postcount'      => TYPE_UINT,

        'podcasturl'     => TYPE_STR,

        'podcastsize'    => TYPE_UINT,

        'podcastexplicit' => TYPE_BOOL,

        'podcastkeywords' => TYPE_STR,

        'podcastsubtitle' => TYPE_STR,

        'podcastauthor'   => TYPE_STR,

    ));

    

    // ### PREP INPUT ###

    

        $edit['message'] =$k_pagetext;

        $edit['iconid'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['iconid'];

        $edit['title'] =$k_title;

        $edit['podcasturl'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['podcasturl'];

        $edit['podcastsize'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['podcastsize'];

        $edit['podcastexplicit'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['podcastexplicit'];

        $edit['podcastkeywords'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['podcastkeywords'];

        $edit['podcastsubtitle'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['podcastsubtitle'];

        $edit['podcastauthor'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['podcastauthor'];        

        $edit['signature'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['signature'];

        $edit['disablesmilies'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['disablesmilies'];

        $edit['enablesmilies'] = $edit['allowsmilie'] = ($edit['disablesmilies']) ? 0 : 1;

        $edit['stickunstick'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['stickunstick'];

        $edit['openclose'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['openclose'];

        $edit['visible'] = $visible_val;



        $edit['reason'] = fetch_censored_text($vbulletin->GPC['reason']);

        $edit['preview'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['preview'];

        $edit['folderid'] =& $vbulletin->GPC['folderid'];    



    $dataman =& datamanager_init('Post', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY, 'threadpost');

    $dataman->set_existing($postinfo);

//print"<P>edit:<pre>".print_r($edit,1);

    // set info

    $dataman->set_info('parseurl', ($foruminfo['allowbbcode'] AND $edit['parseurl']));

    $dataman->set_info('posthash', $posthash);

    $dataman->set_info('forum', $foruminfo);

    $dataman->set_info('visible', $visible_val);

    $dataman->set_info('thread', $threadinfo);

    $dataman->set_info('show_title_error', true);

    $dataman->set_info('podcasturl', $edit['podcasturl']);

    $dataman->set_info('podcastsize', $edit['podcastsize']);

    $dataman->set_info('podcastexplicit', $edit['podcastexplicit']);

    $dataman->set_info('podcastkeywords', $edit['podcastkeywords']);

    $dataman->set_info('podcastsubtitle', $edit['podcastsubtitle']);

    $dataman->set_info('podcastauthor', $edit['podcastauthor']);

    if ($postinfo['userid'] == $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])

    {

        $dataman->set_info('user', $vbulletin->userinfo);

    }

//print"<P>userinfo:<pre>".print_r($vbulletin->userinfo,1);





    // set options

    $dataman->setr('showsignature', $edit['signature']);

    $dataman->setr('allowsmilie', $edit['enablesmilies']);



    // set data

    /*$dataman->setr('userid', $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']);

    if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == 0)

    {

        $dataman->setr('username', $post['username']);

    }*/

    $dataman->setr('title', $edit['title']);

    $dataman->setr('visible', $edit['visible']);

    $dataman->setr('pagetext', $edit['message']);

    if ($postinfo['userid'] != $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])

    {

        $dataman->setr('iconid', $edit['iconid'], true, false);

    }

    else

    {

        $dataman->setr('iconid', $edit['iconid']);

    }

    

    $dataman->pre_save();

    if ($dataman->errors)

    {

        $errors = $dataman->errors;

    }

    

    if (sizeof($errors) > 0)

    {

        // ### POST HAS ERRORS ###

        print"<P>ERRORS:<pre>".print_r($errors,1);

            

    }    

    else

    {

        // ### POST HAS NO ERRORS ###



        print"<P>No errors so far !";

        print"<P>edit:<pre>".print_r($edit,1);



        print "<P>result is :".$dataman->save();    



        $date = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], TIMENOW);

        $time = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], TIMENOW);



        // initialize thread / forum update clauses

        $forumupdate = false;



        $threadman =& datamanager_init('Thread', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT, 'threadpost');

        $threadman->set_existing($threadinfo);



    if ($edit['title'] != '' )

        {

            // need to update thread title and iconid            

            $threadman->set_info('skip_first_post_update', false);

            $threadman->set('title', unhtmlspecialchars($edit['title']));

            $threadman->set('visible', $edit['visible']);

            $threadman->set('iconid', $edit['iconid']);



            // do we need to update the forum counters?

            $forumupdate = ($foruminfo['lastthreadid'] == $threadinfo['threadid']) ? true : false;

        }

        else{

        print "<P> line 237 not update thread";

        }

                

        $threadman->save();

        

        require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_databuild.php');



        // do forum update if necessary

        if ($forumupdate)

        {

            build_forum_counters($threadinfo['forumid']);

        }



        $cansubscribe = true;

        

        //    $vbulletin->url = 'showthread.php?' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "p=$postinfo[postid]#post$postinfo[postid]";                

    }

}

?>

That looks interesting can you show me how to implement and make it fully work completely. I'm not sure exactly where you put the code and what each section completely means. I'm assuming it goes to the function_newpost .

That depends on what you want to achieve. In vbulletin 3.5 or higher, editing the original php files is discouraged and its better to add plugins.

Hi guys, I'm creating/posting/modifying posts/thread out of some custom software I wrote. Now is there a way of bypassing the post-time limit with the datamanager-method when doing it?

I dont understand. Where do you enter this code? And how do you make the post, time, thread, etc. be what exactly you want?

Can someone help here?

I'm trying to create new posts, I've tried both the dataman and build_new_post methods, here's my problems:

Dataman method:
How do I handle errors? When I get an error (like posting anonymously with a user name that is already in use) it directly echos out a full error page! I don't want this, I want just the error message..

build_new_post method:
When posting anonymous, the new posts are moderated, even though the forum allows anonymous posting and is not moderated.. I can't figure out how to stop this from happening.

I've searched all over the forums for both these issues but came up empty, anyone?

And what if I want to add a new thread (not a post in an existing thread)?

Then you'd find the thread about HowTo Create Threads. ;)

Thank you. Your advice worked :) I found one and it worked like charm.

I have a Q

can we use the vb post class / data manager to store the posts in different table other the the default table Posts ?
If yes can you please explain ?

what do you realy want?:D
you could "inherit" the class i think

well basically i want to use the post class to process the Comments and store it in the comment table

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul M (Post 853471)

I thought the title pretty much gave it away > [How To] Create Posts

That is the code to create a post in an existing thread.

I am struggling to get my mind wrapped around the datamanager - if i want code to create a new thread is it the vB_DataManager_Thread_FirstPost I am looking for?

Any decent examples of using the DM?

Quote:

Originally Posted by flypaper (Post 1283415)

Then you'd find the thread about HowTo Create Threads. ;)

There is no such thread anymore. I am needing to do this as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rootnik (Post 1349746)

There is no such thread anymore. I am needing to do this as well.

I'll try to write one up this weekend then, if no one else does. Dunno why it got removed...

Quote:

Originally Posted by rootnik (Post 1349746)

There is no such thread anymore. I am needing to do this as well.

I would need that too, thanks.

with this code:

PHP Code:


		
			
$threaddm =& datamanager_init('Thread_FirstPost', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY, 'threadpost');

$forumid = $vbulletin->GPC['fid']; // can also be a number ;) $forumdid= 12;

$foruminfo = fetch_foruminfo($forumid);
$threaddm->set_info('forum', $foruminfo);

$threaddm->set('forumid', $foruminfo['forumid']);
$threaddm->set('userid', 1234);
$threaddm->set('title', 'Testtitle');
$threaddm->set('pagetext', 'a little test');
$threaddm->set('allowsmilie', 1);
$threaddm->set('visible', 1);
$threaddm->set('dateline', TIMENOW);
$threaddm->save();

if you need the threadid save it with

PHP Code:


		
			
$id = $threaddm->save();

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